Help with pricing a bike
12-18-09, 07:27 PM
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Help with pricing a bike
Hello this is my first post on here, but I have been reading around for a couple of weeks. Anways a friend of mine had this bike sitting around that he hasn't been using, and I have been thinking a lot lately about getting a road bike ( I have a mtn bike). Because I am car less at the moment and do most of my riding on the street. Anyways heres a pic of the bike, i have taken it for a ride and it seems fine. My friend was hesitant on how much he wanted for it, so if it were you how much would you pay for it??
Any help is much appreciated!!!
Any help is much appreciated!!!
12-18-09, 07:32 PM
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I was thinking it had to be kind of old because of the gear changers are in a place I have never seen before. And at my LBS I saw no bikes with them on the frame like that
12-18-09, 07:47 PM
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12-18-09, 09:17 PM
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$120 is a good price - nice bike. Don't get put off by how stiff the ride is & how you can feel every little pebble in the road bashing the buggery out of your nuts!
12-18-09, 10:02 PM
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hahah yeah I noticed that!! Seems like a good starting bike either way. Why in the world are the gear shifters on the frame? Im pretty sure Im gonna eventually eat crap trying to change gears
12-18-09, 10:28 PM
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You may find that it has a bottom bracket like no other as well. Pressed in bearings rather than screwed on cups. Just FYI.
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Originally Posted by [COLOR="silver"
Starchalopakis;10164696]I was thinking it had to be kind of old because of the gear changers are in a place I have never seen before. And at[/COLOR] my LBS I saw no bikes with them on the frame like that
Edit: my bad, I can't read tonight.
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12-18-09, 11:55 PM
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The downtube shifters are fine, they're not exotic, they are not hard to use, they were standard equipment till the early 1990's. They are also pretty much bombproof and in some ways superior to the current brake shifter combination. Don't let them keep you from getting this bike. If it's in good repair I wouldn't have any problem giving $100-$150 for this bike, it will be a great starter.
12-18-09, 11:58 PM
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Umm... did they mean they didn't have any bikes in stock with downtube shifters (thats what they're called, or at least what I call them), or that they have never seen those before? If its the latter of the two, find a new LBS. Thats the tech that existed before shifters on the brakes. Fwiw they are kinda fun to use and very low maintenance , but they it does take some time to get used to reaching down that far to shift.
12-19-09, 03:56 AM
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The downtube shifters are fine, they're not exotic, they are not hard to use, they were standard equipment till the early 1990's. They are also pretty much bombproof and in some ways superior to the current brake shifter combination. Don't let them keep you from getting this bike. If it's in good repair I wouldn't have any problem giving $100-$150 for this bike, it will be a great starter.
12-19-09, 05:09 AM
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